Obama: US to sign UN disabilities rights pact

Marking the 19th anniversary of a landmark law barring discrimination against people with disabilities, President Barack Obama said Friday that the U.S. will sign a United Nations treaty urging countries around the world to do the same.

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One-armed TV host scares kids, parents say

When the BBC hired a pretty young actress to co-host a daily program for toddlers, it never expected viewers to complain that the young woman might give their children nightmares.

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Inaugural organizers plan for disabled people

Inaugural organizers and transportation officials say people with disabilities and the elderly should expect long delays in getting to the National Mall, parade route and swearing-in ceremony. They are advising everyone to plan ahead and have a backup plan. Here's a highlight of what to expect on Jan. 20:

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Disabilities become big challenge for inauguration

Bob Coward rolls along the U.S. Capitol grounds, speeding up as he nears a set of port-a-potties set up for the throngs of visitors on Inauguration Day.

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Allegro kids to perform at White House

In what’s starting to become a holiday tradition, the kids from the Allegro Foundation are headed to the White House again.

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Bush's father joins president at bill-signing

With his father looking on, President Bush on Thursday signed legislation expanding the protections afforded by the landmark Americans with Disabilities Act to those who can use medication or other devices to treat impairments.

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Congress passes expansion of disability law

Someone who takes medication to control epilepsy or diabetes could end up in a situation where he or she is no longer eligible for protection under the Americans With Disabilities Act.

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McCain vows to back changes to disabilities law

Republican presidential candidate John McCain is pledging support for a proposal to expand protections for disabled people under an 18-year-old landmark civil rights law.

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House votes to expand disabilities law

People who take medicine to control epilepsy, diabetes or cancer or use prosthetic limbs or hearing aids could use the Americans With Disabilities Act to fight workplace discrimination under legislation the House passed Wednesday.

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Dodd's Inspiration at Forum: Sister

Democratic presidential candidate Chris Dodd talked up his commitment to people with disabilities Friday with help from a personal source of inspiration: his sister.

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Me thinks this is going to be expensive...

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Slideshow of breeds that can be used. Plus a remarkable video of a boy with Autism utilizing a dog for therapy.

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Students for Life Executive Director and other parents of children with disabilities take concerns over health care bill to DC.

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Medicare and private health insurers decline to cover cheap devices like iPhones and netbook PCs that can help the speech-impaired, despite their usefulness and lower cost.

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CDC confirms, children with disabilities at greater risk of dying from Swine Flu.

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Which brings me to the second point: The legislation for which he will be remembered is precisely the sort of top-down, centralized legislation that needs to be jettisoned in the 21st century. Like Sen. Robert Byrd (D-W.V.) and the recently deposed Sen.

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Like seeing-eye dogs for the blind, trained dogs are now being used to help autistic children deal with their disabilities. But some schools want to keep the animals out, and families are fighting back.

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Savings, [future Health Czar, Emanuel] writes, will require changing how doctors think about their patients: Doctors take the Hippocratic Oath too seriously, "as an imperative to do everything for the patient regardless of the cost or effects on others" (Journal of the American M …

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Eunice Kennedy Shriver, 88, a member of a political dynasty who devoted her life to improving the welfare of the mentally disabled by founding the Special Olympics, died Tuesday morning at Cape Cod Hospital in Hyannis, Mass., after a series of strokes.

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Janet Schulte believed the man when he told her by phone that his 40-something, disabled brother needed a caregiver who could bottle-feed him and change his diapers.

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As a poor Missourian, you'll have no more than 30 days for your rehabilitation. Not quite ready to go home? Need a few more days of intensive therapy? Again, you picked the wrong state.

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This is what frustrates me. The school system was providing so many hours a week. The family disagreed, and they went to court to try to make the school system pay for the private school expenses.

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Vicki Forman's twins weighed only a pound at birth. She thought they should be allowed to die. Doctors disagreed.

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I would love to offer up this blog featuring Frankie the Walk 'N Roll Dog - such an inspiring story!

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Programs For Individuals With Disabilities

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I moved to Greenwood, Arkansas for the schools. Having two "special needs" children who's best interest was to be in Greenwood schools for their Special Ed program, I am very proud that it ranks so high. But it soon may be a thing of the past.

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But too many people didn't want him to fight. They didn't like the idea of an accomplished high school wrestler who was born with no arms or legs below the elbows or knees with an awesomely inspirational personal story participating in an Atlanta amateur event.

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"These are checks that will make a big difference in the lives of older Americans and people with disabilities — many of whom have been hit especially hard by the economic crisis that has swept across the country," Biden said.

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FORT WORTH --- What's a horse doing in the dairy aisle at Target?

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President Obama won style points from veterans' service organizations this week even as he was forced, under heavy fire, to withdraw his plan to have the Department of Veterans Affairs bill veterans' health insurance for the cost to VA of treating service-connected medical condit …

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The Philippines, with a population of 89 million, is a multiparty republic with an elected president and bicameral legislature. In May 2007 approximately 73 percent of registered citizens voted in mid-term elections for both houses of congress and provincial and local governments.

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AUCKLAND, New Zealand -- A New Zealand double amputee never expected a response when she sent a note to a special effects company asking if they would create a mermaid tail to help her swim. Two years later, her dream came true.

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Great story about Michael Sandler, Author of College Confidence with ADD, helping others to overcome challenges of Attention Deficit Disorder and Learning Disabilities

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Many parents within the autism community are met with stinging comments and stares in public. "Those unfamiliar with the disorder may believe children with autism are misbehaving when they have tantrums," says Landa.

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The poor guy.

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